diff --git a/core/components/gallery/model/gallery/galitem.class.php b/core/components/gallery/model/gallery/galitem.class.php
index 61e85e8..b54a9fb 100644
--- a/core/components/gallery/model/gallery/galitem.class.php
+++ b/core/components/gallery/model/gallery/galitem.class.php
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ public function move($album) {
     }
 
     public static function getList(modX &$modx,array $scriptProperties = array()) {
+		$sort = $modx->getOption('sort',$scriptProperties,'rank');		
         $cacheKey = 'gallery/item/list/'.md5(serialize($scriptProperties));
         if ($modx->getCacheManager() && $cache = $modx->cacheManager->get($cacheKey)) {
             $items = array();
@@ -252,8 +253,12 @@ public static function getList(modX &$modx,array $scriptProperties = array()) {
                 $item->fromArray($data,'',true,true);
                 $items[] = $item;
             }
-
-            $data = array(
+			
+			if (in_array(strtolower($sort),array('random','rand()','rand'))) {
+			shuffle($items);
+			}
+            
+			$data = array(
                 'items' => $items,
                 'total' => $cache['total'],
                 'album' => $cache['album'],
@@ -267,7 +272,6 @@ public static function getList(modX &$modx,array $scriptProperties = array()) {
             /* Fix to make it work with getPage which uses "offset" instead of "start" */
             $offset = $modx->getOption('offset',$scriptProperties,0);
             if ($offset > 0) { $start = $offset; }
-            $sort = $modx->getOption('sort',$scriptProperties,'rank');
             $sortAlias = $modx->getOption('sortAlias',$scriptProperties,'galItem');
             if ($sort == 'rank') $sortAlias = 'AlbumItems';
             $dir = $modx->getOption('dir',$scriptProperties,'ASC');